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About George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard
George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, was a Royal Navy officer, diplomat, politician, peer and colonial administrator. He was at the Capture of Gibraltar. He took a very valuable prize ship and was briefly a Governor of the Leeward Islands. He took a role in politics, helping to end Robert Walpole's career, but eventually retired.
Everything about George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard →- Occupation
- diplomat, politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, member of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain, ambassador of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Russian Empire
- Born
- October 21, 1685
- Died
- 1765